Card is untitled on its front.
Printed on back of post card:
Child’s Chair
Egyptian, Dynasty XVIII, reign of Tutankhamun (1334-1325 B.C.)
EGYPTIAN MUSEUM, CAIRO
THE TREASURES OF TUTANKHAMUN
Participating museums: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Field Museum of Natural History and the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; New Orleans Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Seattle Art Museum; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Publishing information:
Photographed by Lee Boltin. Printed in Italy.
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Card is titled: “Greetings from WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE, San Jose, California.”
Printed on back of post card:
WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE
San Jose, California
THE MAGNIFICENT ART GLASS WINDOWS in the Grand Palace Ballroom hold yet another mystery…these quotations are taken from two Shakespearean plays. The first quote is from Troilus and Cresida, the second from Richard II. Who knows that thoughts or what spirits moved Mrs. Winchester to memorialize these particular lines?
B5433
Guided Tours Daily
Publishing information:
The Winchester House, A Registered California Historical Landmark No. 868. The Continental Card; Mike Roberts, Berkeley 94710.
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Card is untitled on its front.
Printed on the back of the postcard:
Horseshoe Curve on Flintcreek Hill, between Philipsburg and Anaconda, Mont., on Highway 10A, a most spectacular and colorful Highway.
Publishing information: Pub., Dist. & Photographed by Lauretta Studio, Butte, Mont. (Mr. & Mrs. A. Walkup).
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Card is titled: “New York City. 1776 – Bicentennial – 1976.”
Printed on back of post card:
764.
Statue of Liberty – this famous symbol of peace stands at the entrance to New York Harbor.
“The Spirit of ’76,” described as the most patriotic picture in America (Town of Marblehead).
Publishing information:
Alfred Mainzer, Inc., 39-33 29th St., Long Island City, N.Y. 11101
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The esteemed Criterion Collection will be releasing a remastered, re-tooled and gussied-up edition of Fritz Lang’s film noir Ministry of Fear on blu-ray on March 12th. I stumbled upon my VHS copy of the film while cleaning out a closet recently; here is its video box art circa 1996 (the front, shown above; the back, below).
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“53 Miles West of Venus” from Wild Planet (1980) by The B-52’s
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Card is untitled on its front.
Printed on the back of the postcard:
OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA
Oceanside is located north of San Diego on Highway 101. This is a residential town, beach resort and a trading area for the inland farms. Nearby is found a Marine Base and training grounds. Just north of the town is Mount Ecclesia, headquarters of the Rosicrucian Fellowship. This religious organization originated by Max Heindel in 1911. Five miles north of Oceanside is Mission San Luis Rey founded in 1789, completed in 1802, designed to serve a tribe of the Shoshone later known as Luiseno…M.P.
Publishing information: Published by Royal Pictures, Colton, California.
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Printed on front of post card: “Beach Hotel, Oceanside, Calif.”
No publishing information given.
Written on back of post card:
[to] Mrs. Anita Whitney Young
1335 Pine Street
Redding,
California
Dec 7th
Greetings to you and to Homer! Re yours of Nov 30, Next time I see Nephew Jim Mr. Curtley, will hand him your letter – altho he is not an active genealogist, he may have an idea – Glad to hear of you again. My Trip to Northwest is delayed to early ’49.
Regards,
Howard
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Card is titled: “Oceanside Pier, B-1148.”
No publishing information given.
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Card is titled: “The Pleasure Pier and Beach, Oceanside, Calif.”
No publishing information given, except this, printed on the front of the postcard:
This is a Mission Drug Store Post Card.
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